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HTC Droid Eris drops to $30 at Walmart

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/htcdroideris.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Walmart helped spur Black Friday sales today by selling the HTC Droid Eris on discount. The Android smartphone has dropped from its original $100 to $30 on the same two-year contract as at Verizon. It doesn't require a rebate but is currently backordered....

Sony Aino faces touchscreen problems

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:15:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/SEaino.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Users of the Sony Aino smartphone in the UK are finding some problems when using the device's touchscreen interface, according to a Thursday report. Only a small numbers of the devices in Britain are affected, says Sony Ericsson spokesperson Mattias Holm, and the company is working on resolving the issue. Details of the problem have not been disclosed, however....

Carphone credits upturn to iPhone, other smartphones

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/carphonewarehouse-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Carphone Warehouse today raised its profit estimates for its fiscal year based on the surprise success of its smartphone business (subscription required). Its earnings for its first fiscal half-year before tax and other factors jumped sharply from �65 million ($107.2 million) a year ago to �103 million ($169.9 million) and is attributed directly to the success of its smartphone sales, particularl...

LG Arena Max spotted at Wi-Fi Alliance

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:20:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/lgarenamaxin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />What is believed to be the successor to the touchscreen-equipped LG Arena has been spotted (PDF) passing testing at the Wi-Fi Alliance. Little is known about the LG Arena Max LU9400, other than that it will have Wi-Fi capability. It will also presumably retain the touchscreen interface, though it isn't likely to have a smartphone-grade operating system such as Windows Mobile or Android....

Samsung bada to be unveiled Dec. 8

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/samsungi8910.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung's bada has received a definitive public debut date through an invitation sent to the press. The phone platform and its development kit should be given their first public airing at an event in London on December 8th. Besides showing the software, the gathering will also have Samsung discuss its future mobile strategy....

Win Mobile 6.5 update to get capacitive touch, new keyboard

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:55:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/windowsmobile651.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft's interim Windows Mobile update could have significant updates designed explicitly for touch, a pair of leaks show. A Microsoft representative seeking anonymity has claimed that previous shots of "6.5.1" are accurate but that it's not necessarily a straight patch. Instead, the larger, bottom-only buttons are meant to provide an alternative interface for capacitive touchscreens; the exi...

China Unicom to mirror Ophone strategy with Uphone

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:15:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/ophonein.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Chinese wireless provider China Unicom said on Friday it will bring out the Uphone, which will closely resemble competitor China Mobile's Ophone Android phone. The Uphone will get its own version of the Android OS, called UniPlus, as well as its own Uphone app store. The app store will likely open before the first handsets ship in order to give developers a head start on populating the virtual she...

Acer to shy further away from Win Mobile

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:00:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/acerliquid.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Acer's mobile head Aymar de Lencquesaing said in an interview late Thursday that the company plans to shift its attention more towards Android and reduce its Windows Mobile effort. Although all of the company's 10 smartphones this year save for the Liquid A1 were running Windows Mobile, the executive promised Reuters that 2010 will be "much more balanced" and see significantly more Android phones...

Lenovo buys back its own mobile business

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:10:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/lenovoophoneo1-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Lenovo today said it would buy back Lenovo Mobile, its previously separate cellphone business. The deal, worth $200 million in cash and shares, brings back a division that the company had sold off just last year in a bid to save money. In justifying the reversal, the computer maker said that PCs are converging with smartphones and that there would be a "significant growth opportunity" to have a ...

Nokia ships X6 Comes with Music edition

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:25:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nokiax6.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia today said that the X6 Comes with Music edition is now shipping. The media phone is Nokia's most advanced to support the unlimited subscription service and, with 32GB of internal storage, could theoretically download and keep about 7,000 songs without paying extra beyond the price of the Comes with Music phone itself. The phone can as always either buy tracks through Nokia or sync with a M...